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Noise Restrictions on Licensed Premises

Is your venue getting complaints? It may be time to turn down the sound. OLGR approximately receives 33% of licensed venue complaints which are attributed to loud entertainment or noisy patrons. As a Responsible Manager, you must ensure that noise coming from your establishment does not exceed the noise limit – that is a part of your licence’s conditions.

This includes noise from:

Entertainment

Patrons at, entering or leaving the premises

Motors, including generators and air conditioning units.

To ensure that your venue doesn’t incur agitation from your neighbours, local residents and businesses – keep noise levels to 75 decibels, if no entertainment is conducted at your venue or if no acoustic report is submitted.

If your venue does have an acoustic report that allows the provision of entertainment, here is a guide that outlines decibel levels: